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| Published: September 25, 2020
Perceived stress, coping strategies and quality of life among working women with migraine
MS Scholar in Clinical Psychology, Riphah Institute of Clinical & Professional Psychology (RICPP), Riphah International University, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan. Google Scholar More about the auther
Lecturer, Riphah Institute of Clinical & Professional Psychology (RICPP), Riphah International University, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan. Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.144/20200803
DOI: 10.25215/0803.144
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted with the aim to find the relationship between Perceived stress, coping strategies and quality of life among working women with migraine. Correlational Research Design was used in current study. Total sample of 100 participants suffering from migraine from last six months and consulting neurologists were recruited from different Public hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan (Department of Neurology, Mayo Hospital Lahore, Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore and General Hospital) from July 2019 to January 2020. All participants were doing job and were not diagnosed with any severe psychiatric and physical illness. The measures employed in the study to assess stress, coping and quality of life were Perceived Stress Scale of Seldom Cohen, (1983), Brief Cope Inventory Scale of Craver (1989) and Quality of Life of Flanagan, (1970s) respectively. Findings indicated that Perceived Stress, Coping Strategies among Working Women with migraine were positively associated with each other (p<.001). Coping strategies and Quality of Life had highly significant positive relationship with each other (p<.001). Perceived stress and quality of life among working women with migraine were positively associated with each other (p<.001). Linear regression showed that perceived stress significantly predicted quality of life among women with migraine. Coping Strategies also emerges as a significant predictor of Quality of Life among women with migraine.
Keywords
Perceived Stress, Coping Strategies, Quality of life, Migraine
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© 2020, Naseer N. & Latif S.;
Received: August 19, 2020; Revision Received: September 20, 2020; Accepted: September 25, 2020
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ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.144/20200803
10.25215/0803.144
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Published in Volume 08, Issue 3, July-September, 2020